Vanessa Hudgens Paired Her String Bikini With This Forgotten Y2K Accessory

Vanessa Hudgens can't stop, won't stop with the envy-inducing vacation content. While the  singer-slash-actress is in the Philippines technically for work (Hudgens, who is half Filipino, has been commissioned to shoot a travel documentary about the archipelago), she's found time to explore the cluster of islands with a tropical wardrobe to boot.

After going for a swim in a floral-leopard print bikini that was paired with a very Y2K body chain, Vanessa hit the beach a few days later in another stringy two-piece and throwback accessory from the early '00s.

Over the weekend, Baby V posted a new photo dump to her Instagram grid, captioned: "Might as well be heaven #foreverphilippines." And in the second snapshot of the slideshow, she posed at the water's edge while wearing a pink, blue, and yellow patterned bathing suit with a matching silk scarf wrapped around her head and tied neatly underneath her dark naturally-wavy hair. Vanessa finished off her beach-day look with pink-rimmed sunglasses, gold jewelry, and a dangling bellybutton ring.

The headscarf trend was a style signature for stars, like Christina Aguilera, the Olsen twins, and Britney Spears in the early aughts, and it appears to be making a major comeback. Before Vanessa modeled her version on the beach, Xtina brought back the forgotten accessory at the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards with a black latex hair wrap. 

Aside from bikinis, other items in Vanessa's island girl wardrobe have included halter-necks, knitted maxi dresses, and big sunglasses.